Pixar's Lifted

Quiet Field and house. Boy is sleeping and starts lift.

Alien boy gets more and more frustrated with his inability to "lift".

Alien boy crashes spaceship and human boy is left "lifted" on a giant spire in a canyon.

Alien teacher fixes everything in the house and lets alien boy drive the spaceship.

Alien boy gets cocky and human boy falls through hole in ship.

Alien in training doesn't know how to "lift".

In the exposition, what does the mood of this farm setting feels like before the aliens arrive?